On Thursday, July 15, a grand jury returned an indictment against three defendants for a scheme to submit over $1.4 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims in other inmates’ identities to the California Employment Development Department (EDD), Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment charges Daryol Richmond, 30; …continue reading
Top Ten Stories for June 27 through July 03 include July 4th events, a murder in Long Beach, and residential development in Cypress. Top Ten Stories for June 27 through July 03 are the most-read stories at Orange County Breeze over the last week (excluding weather forecasts and events): City …continue reading
Senate Republicans announce the passage of Senate Bill 39, Senate Bill 58, and Senate Bill 390 by the Senate. These bills address some of the critical lapses in security at California’s Employment Development Department that have contributed to the rampant fraud in unemployment insurance claims this last year. Senate Republicans …continue reading
Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) took a solid swipe at eradicating unemployment insurance fraud and identity theft with the passage of Senate Bill 58 (SB 58) from the Senate Floor, which requires the Employment Development Department (EDD) to stop including full social security numbers on its correspondence. SB 58 is …continue reading
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer was joined by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris at a press conference this morning to announce the prosecution of two business owners who opened up a Garden Grove storefront with the sole purpose of filing false unemployment claims with the state of California for people who …continue reading
Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) introduced legislation to mandate that California’s unemployment department cross check unemployment claims against records in state prisons. In addition to this legislation, Leader Grove recently delivered a letter to Governor Newsom supporting District Attorneys throughout the state and demanding that he provide adequate resources …continue reading